{"id":23148,"date":"2023-01-23T11:24:45","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T16:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=23148"},"modified":"2023-01-23T11:26:55","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T16:26:55","slug":"episode-721-lucky-for-mei-have-a-workshopmy-own-corner-of-the-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=23148","title":{"rendered":"EPISODE 721 LUCKY FOR ME\u2026I HAVE A WORKSHOP\u2026MY OWN CORNER OF THE UNIVERSE"},"content":{"rendered":"
EPISODE 721    LUCKY FOR ME\u2026I HAVE A WORKSHOP\u2026MY OWN CORNER OF THE UNIVERSE<\/p>\n

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alan skeoch<\/div>\n
January 23, 2023<\/div>\n

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I count my lucky stars occasionally.   Perhaps rank those lucky stars.  First and dominant is Marjorie.  Wonder woman<\/div>\n
who can cook a meal in the twinkling of a star.  And then do everything else in the heavenly sky.  Except\u2026she does not<\/div>\n
even try to rearrange my workshop.  Oh, yes, she does sweep up the shavings.  Once or twice in a blue<\/div>\n
moon but most of the time she is content that I get a corner of our universe to putter around in.  To make things\u2026such<\/div>\n
as our ‘wooden quilts\u2019.  My workshop is a blank slate waiting for big ideas or small ideas.  Filled with shapes that<\/div>\n
have meaning to me if no one else.<\/div>\n
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So this Episode is my little corner of the universe.  Consider the objects as meteorites that have landed from<\/div>\n
outer space.  Objects seeking meaning.  Objects that can be shaped.  Diamonds in the rough.<\/div>\n

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A couple of my readers wanted to see the workshop.  They will get a chance I hope and pray they are<\/div>\n
not minimalists looking for a reason to clean up my shop. <\/div>\n

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Another reader facing an eye operation wanted something cheerful to see when the bandages<\/div>\n
are removed.   Hopefully she will find the chaos of my workshop a kind of healing balm.<\/div>\n

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Here we go.<\/div>\n

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This is my next project\u2026.a barn located on main street in Arisdorf , Switzerland.  I made this time worn sketch 30 years ago<\/div>\n
and it\u2019s time something should be created in honour of our daughter in law who passed away last year.  She would like<\/div>\n
that.  Gabriela always took us on the backroads of Switzerland.  Front passenger seat.  She liked me.  Did not care that others<\/div>\n
may no be as intrigued by the objects landed here and there from the darkness of space. We all miss her<\/div>\n
and are now ready to talk about her.<\/div>\n

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Our lot goes on and on, like the universe\u2026with reminders of the past here and there like lost planets.<\/div>\n

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This snow clad spruce tree gave me the idea to create woden forests of such trees.  Where did the tree<\/div>\n
come from?   Marjorie planted it.  A Christmas tree that had roots.<\/div>\n

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